Compound pump.



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APPLIoATIoN FILED MAR. s. 1910.

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FRANK TUMA, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO T .AMES C. CUR/RIE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

coiviroUND PUMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

Application tiled March 3, 1910. Serial No. 547,077.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TUMA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compound Pumps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention is an improvement in compound steam and air pumps, and its primary object, broadly stated, comprehends the production of a pump of that general type so constructed that its operation is materially simplified, its consumption of steam decreased without occasioning a corresponding decrease in* its efiiciency, and its wear and cost of maintenance reduced to a minimum.

In connection with and in addition to the foregoing, it is the purpose of this invention to produce a compound steam and air pump wherein a movement of the pistons in the same direction and in unison is provided for without necessitating the employment of a crank or other shaft to guide such movement; wherein the utilization of hollow piston rods, equalizing pistons, tappet rods, reversible plates and other comparatively delicate and complicated parts is rendered unnecessary; and wherein the main reservoir is at all times pumped up and filled to its maximum capacity.

The invention further contemplates the production of an external simple valve gear for reversing the courses of the .steam supplied to the high and low pressure .steam cylinders which is certain and positive in its operation, and which is arranged for operation by means of slide rods in such a manner that in the event of injury to one of the pistons, piston rods or slide rods, the operation of 'the other piston will not be affected, but will continue, so as to compress sufficient air to satisfy all requirements for heads strike against the heads of the corresponding cylinders, thereby avoiding the objectionable pounding and consequent weakening or injury of parts which would otherwise take place.

Finally, the invention aims and provides for a decreased consumption of steam due to the fact that the exhaust steam from the high pressure steam cylinder is employed for operating the low pressure piston, and also for an increased ctliciency by reason of the transference or discharge of the air compressed by the low pressure piston in the corresponding air cylinder into the high pressure air cylinder and against the piston therewithin.

A structural embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, though it is to be understood that no limitation to the exact form of the parts or elements shown therein is intended, `since equivalent or analogous elements may replace the same.

In said dia\vings-I4`igiiie 1 is a front elevation of the complete pump; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the air cylinders and tliestorage reservoir, on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken through the pump directly above the valve chest, on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken through the valve chest and the steam cylinders, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through the entire pump; Fig. (3 is an enlarged side elevation of the valve; Figs. 7 and 8 are enlarged vertical sections taken through the valve chest on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3, showing the two positions of the valve; Fig. 9 is a plan view of the air cylinder, with the upper head removed; Figs. 10 and 11 aie vertical sections taken on the lines 10-10 and 11-11 of Fig. 5; Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic sectional view showing the arrangement of the passages between the two air cylinders.

Reference being had to the drawings, and tothe characters marked thereon, A indicates in a general manner the high pressure steam cylinder, A the low pressure steam cylinder, B the high pressure air cylinder, B the low pressure air cylinder, and C the Valve chest. The various cylinders aforementioned may be of any preferred construction and may be Their arrangement is such that the high and low pressure air Cylinders are in alinement with the corresponding steam cylinders.

The body of the valve chest C may either be integral wit-h or constructed separately from and rigidly attached to the casting which constitutes the body of the steam cylinders. Said chest is arranged in front of the cylinders last referred to. In the construction shown, chest C is of cylindrical formation (though this is not essential), and its wall or body is formed with inlet and outlet ports 1G and 11 respectively. rlhe former port has tted therein one end of a pipe 12 which leads thereto from any suitable source of steam supply, as for instance, the boiler of a locomotive, if the pump be utilized in thatI connection; the outlet opening receives one end of an exhaust pipe 13 leading to any preferred point. Within the central bore 14 of the chest there is preferably arranged a vertical metal shell 15 of cylindrical shape, within which, in turn works the reversing valve 16. Said valve is carried by a rod 17, a portion of which projects through a packed bearing sleeve 13 fitted in the head of t-he valve chest and is connected with the reversing mechanism hereinafter described. Between the valve shell and the inlet port of the chest there is formed in said chest a pair of oppositely-extending passages 19 and 20 which open at their adjacent ends into the aforementioned port 10, and at their other ends into ports 21 and 22 formed respectively in the opposite ends of the shell and opening into the interior of the same. Adjacent to said ports there is formed a second pair of ports 23 and 24 with which communicate, respectively, passages 25 and 26 formed partly in the valve chest and partly in the wall of the high pressure steam cylinder A. These passages run parallel with each other, but in opposite directions, and open, respectively into the top and bottom of said cylinder. At the opposite side of shell 15 from the ports 21, 22, 23, and 24, there is formed a series of three ports 27, 23, and 29 arranged above one another. The two end ports 27 and 23 open, respectively, into passages 31 and 30 which, like the passages 25 and 26, run parallel with each other and in opposite directions, and said passages open, in turn into the top and bottom of the low pressure steam cylinder, their formation being the same as that of said passages 25 and 26. The intermediate port 29 opens into a passage 32 which leads directly to the exhaust pipe 13. rlhe cylindrical reversing valve 16, which works within the interior of the shell 15, is designed to control the passage of the steam through the various ports and passages above specified. lt is shown in the present instance as formed with a central interior chamber 33, upper and lower circumferential series of ports 34 and 35 opening thereinto and an exteriorly grooved central portion 36 which, when the valve is in place within .its shell, results in the formation of an annular passage or chamber 37. Those `portions of the valve wherein the ports 34 and 35 are formed, are likewise exteriorly grooved.

The high pressure pistons 38 and 39 work within the corresponding high pressure cylinders A and B and are connected to the ends of a solid piston rod 40, being held in place thereon by suitable fastening devices. ln like manner, the low pressure pistons 41 and 42 work in the low pressure cylinders A and B', and are fastened to the ends of a similar rod 43. Said rods 40 and 43 work thro-ugh packed bearing sleeves 44 and 45 fastened to the adjacent or inner heads of the steam and air cylinders. The outer heads of said cylinders may be dished or cupped in any preferred manner to prevent the ends of the piston rods from striking thereagainst and to form drain cups having drain cocks as shown. The said inner or adjacent heads of the steam and air cylinders are spaced sufficiently far apart to permit the reversing mechanism, which operates the valve rod 17 to work therebetween.

The course of the steam, from its entrance into the valve chest, to its final exit therefrom, is as follows: The valve being in the position shown in Figs. 5 and 7 steam from the boiler enters the valve chest through supply pipe 12 and inlet port 10, and passes through passage 19 and port 21 into the bore 14, whence it passes through port 23 into passage 26, and thence into the high pressure cylinder A, beneath the piston 38 therein, the force of the steam raising said piston', as will be apparent. As the piston reaches the end of its 11p-stroke it will operate the reversing mechanism hereinafter described, whereupon the valve will be shifted into the position shown in Fig. 3. In this position, port 23 will be closed to the live steam, and port 24 opened, so that the steam will pass through the latter port from passage 20 and port 22, into bore 14, thence by way of port 24 into passage 25, and through said passage into cylinder A, forcing piston 3S downward. During the down-stroke of said piston, the steam previously admitted on the up-stroke will be exhausted through passage 26 and ports 23 and 34, which are at that time in registration, into the chamber 33 in the valve, and thence from said chamber, by way of ports 35 and 23 into passage 30, whence it enters into the low pressure cylinder A above the piston 41 in said cylinder, which piston has not as yet commenced. its operation. Upon the termination of the down-stroke of the piston, the reversing mechanism will again be operated, this time by the piston 39 in the high pressure air cylinder B, contacting with the stem or rod 49, whereupon the Valve will be moved to its j first position admitting steam beneath piston 38 as first described. The upward movement of piston 38 will then again take place as previously described, but during such movement, the steam above said piston will be exhausted from cylinder A through passage 25 and ports 24 and 35 into valve chamber 33, and thence by way of ports 34 and 27 and` passage 31 into cylinder A beneath piston 41, which will be caused to ascend by utilizing the exhaust steam thus taken from cylinder A and exerting its pressure on the under face of piston 41. a During such ascent, the steam above said piston 41 will be exhausted from cylinder A by way of passage 30 and port 28 into chamber 37, from which it finally escapes through port 29, passage 32, outlet port 11 and exhaust pipe 13. When the valve is again moved to its second position, as shown in Fig. 8, and live steam is admitted above piston 38 as before, and the piston moves downward, the exhaust from the cylinder A will be into cylinder A above piston 41, in the course previously described and will force the latter downward, whereupon the steam below said piston 41 will find its final exhaust through passage 31 and port 27 into chamber 37, and thence through port 29, outlet passage 32, port 11 and pipe 13. It will appear, therefore, from a consideration of the foregoing, and of Figs. 7 and 8, that when the reversing valve is in its first position, passage 19 and ports 21 and 23 will be open, port 24 will register with the series of ports 35, port 27 will register with the series of ports 34, and ports 28 and 29 will be in communication with chamber 37. When sald Valve assumes its second position, passage 2O and ports 22 and 24 will be open, port 23 will register with ports 34, port 28 will register with ports 35, and ports 27 and 29 will be in communication with chamber 37 It will also be seen that the pistons 38 and 41 move at the same time and in the same direction, after t-he operation of the pump has once commenced; that the latter piston is operated entirely by the exhaust from the high pressure cylinder A; and that the movement of said pistons in unison is effected without the aid of a crank or other shaft, there being no mechanical connection of any kind whatever between the two pistons or their rods. Finally, it will be evident that the changes in the courses of the steam are controlled wholly by the reversing valve, which may be operated in any suitable manner.

The mechanism provided in the present instance for effecting the operation of the aforementioned reversing valve may be described as follows: Rod 17, by which said valve is carried, has rigidly secured to its upper end by any preferred retaining means a horizontally-arranged V-shaped member 46. The arms 47 and 48 of this member extend into the space between the adjacent heads of the air and steam cylinders and are provided at their free ends with verticallyarranged rods 49 and 50 suitably secured thereto. The ends of rod 49 work in packed bearing sleeves 51 and 52 set into the adjacent ends of cylinders A and B, while the ends of rod work in similar sleeves 53 and 54 in the ends of cylinders A and B. Said rod ends, moreover, lie in the paths of movement of the respective pistons in the several cylinders, so as to admit of their operation by said pistons, their lengths being such that the ends to be struck by the pistons will project an appreciable distance into the corresponding cylinders. Thus, in

Fig. 5 the lower ends of said rods are shown as projecting into cylinders A and A', so as to be struck by pistons 38 and 41 when the same reach the limit of their upward movement. On being struck by the pistons specified, said rods themselves will move in the same direction, carrying with them.member 46 and rod 1,7 to which valve 16 is attached, and thereby reversing said valve. At the end of their upward movement, the upper ends of said rods will project into cylinders B and B in position to be struck and forced downwardly by pistons 39 and 42 when the same descend.

By reason of the construct-ion and arrangement above described, it will be apparent that there is employed what is in effect a double reversing mechanism, the

'two main members (rods) of which are connected to cach other and to the valve rod 17 by the V-shaped member 46, one of said members being operable by the compound high pressure pistons 38-39 and the other member by the similar low pressure pistons L.l1-42. Consequently, if either member be broken or otherwise injured, only half of the reversing mechanism will be thrown out of operation, since the valve will still be reversed by the other member, which will continue its movements. The same will also be true in the event of injury to any one of the several pistons, or to either piston rod, since the other piston rod will continueto operate.

In the form of the invention illustrated. the construction of the air cylinders B and B is as follows: Low pressure cylinder B has its wall formed with an air chamber into which atmospheric air is taken through a strainer nozzle 56. The lower end of this chamber opens into a passage 57 which leads downward and opens into the lower portion of a valve chamber 58 wherein a check valve 59 is arranged, the cylindrical seat 60 in which Said valve works being formed with perforations 61.. Directly above the valve there is formed a passage 62 opening into the lower end of cylinder B. At the upper end of the air chamber is arranged a second check valve 63 which works in a seat 64, communication being had at this point with the interior of said cylinder B through a passage 65.

The wall between the high and low pressure cylinders B and B has formed therein two vertical passages 66 and 67. Passage 66 opens at its upper end through a port 68 into the upper end of cylinder B and at its lower end through a port 69 into the lower portion of a valve chamber 70 having a check valve 71 located therein and working in a seat 72, the wall of which seat is perforated as at 73 to admit air into the interior thereof. The upper portion of this valve chamber has communicating therewith a port or passage 74 which leads outwardly of said chamber and opens into the lower end of high pressure cylinder B. Passage 67 opens at its upper end through a port 75 into an upper valve chamber 76, and at its lower end through a port 77 into the lower end of low pressure cylinder B. The upper valve chamber 76 is provided with an interiorly located check valve 7 8 working in a seat 79, and also with a port 80 leading to cylinder B. Both valve chambers are located between cylinders B and B. Cylinder B is also provided with an air-intake chamber 81 into which atmospheric air is drawn by the action of piston 89 through a nozzle 82 similar to nozzle 56. 1n the upper' end of the intake chamber there is arranged a valve seat 88 wherein a check valve 84 works, the portion of said chamber above' said valve communicating with cylinder B through a port 85. There is formed at the lower end of said intake chamber an oset valve chamber 86 provided with a seat 87 for a check valve 88 and also with a port or passage 89 leading into cylinder B. Finally, there is provided in conjunction with the air cylinders a storage chamber 90 which communicates by way of a pipe 91 with the main reservoir not shown). At the upper and lower ends respectively of said storage chamber are arranged check valves 92 and 93 working in seats 94 and 95 located in valve chambers 96 and 97. Chamber 96 communicates with the interior of cylinder B by way of a passage 98 which leads from a port 99 in the upper end of said cylinder, and with chamber 90 by a port or passage 100. The upper portion of chamber 97 communicates with said chamber 90 by way of a passage 101, and the lower portion thereof with the lower portion of cylinder B by way of t-he port 102.

rlhe various check valves specified above may be of any preferred type, and in the present construction they are shown as normally closed, and as arranged for upward movement. Suitable retaining and adjusting devices are employed in connection with said valves.

rhe action of the air on being taken into the cylinders B and B through the nozzles 56 and 82 is as follows, it being assumed that pistons 42 and 39 are in the position shown in Fig. 5 z'. e., about to start on their upward movement:` On the low pressure sides, the upward movement of piston 42 draws air through nozzle 56 into chamber the air passing downward through passage 57 into valve chamberv 58, thence it passes through perforations 61 into the interior of seat 60fraising valve 59 and discharging through passage 62 into the lower end of cylinder B. On the high pressure side, the air drawn through nozzle 82 into chamber 81 by the upward movement of piston 39 will flow into the lower portion of valve chamber 86, raising valve 88 from its seat 87, and through passage 89 into the lower end of cylinder B. When the low pressure piston starts on its down-stroke, the air previously admitted therebeneath will be compressed and will exhaust through port 77 into passage 67, whence it will pass through port 75 into valve chamber 76, raising valve 78 and discharging from said valve chamber through port 80 into the upper portion of cylinder B. The air thus admitted into said cylinder B will escape through port 99 and passage 98 into the interior of valve chamber 96, where it will open valve 92 and iow through passage 100 into the storage chamber 90. During this movement of piston 42, air will be drawn through nozzle 56 into chamber 55 as before, but will pass into the top part of cylinder B through passage 65, raising valve 68 on its way toward said passage. Un the high pressure side, the air beneath piston 39 will be compressed during the downstroke thereof and will be exhausted through passage 102 into valve chamber 97, raising valve 93 therein and finally eX- hausting through passage 101 into chamber At the same time, air will be taken through nozzle 82 and chamber 81 and will open valve 84 and pass through port 85 into cylinder B above the piston. On the succeeding up-stroke of piston 42, the air thereabove will be compressed and exhausted through port 68 into passage 66, iiowing downwardly through the latter and disv the storage chamber 90 and be discharged therefrom to the main reservoir. Air Will also be taken into cylinder B below piston 42 in the same manner as that already described in connection with the initial upstroke of said piston. At the same time, the high pressure piston 39 on its 11p-stroke will compress the air thereabove and exhaust through port 99, and passage 9S into valve chamber 96, and thence through passage 100 into storage chamber 90, while atmospheric air will be drawn into the lower portion oi chamber B as before. The cycle of operations described will continue until the pressure in the main reservoir becomes greater than the pressure between the high pressure and the low pressure cylinders, and until such period the check valve 93 will remain open on the up stroke et' the piston. When however the pressure .in the main reservoir becomes greater than the pressure between the high pressure and low pressure cylinders, the check valve 93 will close, and the air exhausted from the low pressure cylinder into the high pressure cylinder beneath the piston of the latter together with the air drawn in through the check valve 88 will exert its pressure on the under side of the high pressure piston 39 so as to assist and increase its efficiency in compressing and forcing the air that is above the highpressure piston from its cylinder through port 99 and passage 98 and past check valve 92 and through port 100 into the storage chamber 90. On the down-stroke of the pistons 39 and ll2, the valves 59 and 71 will be closed while valves 7S and Slt will be opened as well as valves 92 and 93 so long as the pressure in the main reservoir is less than the pressure between the high and the low pressure cylinders thus permitting the air beneath the low pressure piston 4t2 to be exhausted through passage-way 67 into the valve chamber 7G so as to lift the valve 78 and permitthe exhaust to pass into the upper part of the high pressure cylinder and from thence to and through the check valve 92 in the chamber 90 while at the same time air beneath the high pressure piston 39 will exhaust through port 102 and valve 95 into the chamber 90. When however on the down-stroke the pressure in the main reservoir becomes greater than the pressure bet-Ween the high pressure and the low pressure cylinders, the check valve 92 Will be closed thereby and the air drawn into the upper part of the high pressure cylinder through the intake chamber 8l together with that exhausted from the low pressure cylinder will exert its pressure on the top of the high pressure piston and thus assist it in completing its stroke.

The operation of the entire apparatus is thought to be apparent from the foregoing, and further description is accordingly omitted. It may be stated, however, that the cylinders A and A are obviously the motor cylinders, since the pump is primarily operated by means of the pistons in said cvlinders, and also that the cylinders B and B are for equally obvious reasons the compressor cylinders. It may also be stated that while the apparatus is susceptible of use in various connections, it is designed primarily for attachment to locomotives.

Ilaving described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is :M

1. A pump comprising high and low pressure motor cylinders and oppositely disposed high and low pressure compression cylinders, and a piston movable in each cylinder, all four piste-ns being movable at the same time and in the same direction.

2. A pump comprising al plurality of motor and compression cylinders, connected pistons in said cylinders arranged for movement in unison and in the same direction, and valve mechanism for controlling each set oit motor and compression cylinders for operation in the event of derangement to either.

3. A pump comprising high and low pressure motor and compression cylinders, connected pistons arranged for movement in said cylinders, and means for Supplying mptive fluid to said motor cylinders to move said pistons in unison and in the same direction.

4. A pump comprising high and low pressure motor and compression cylinders, connected pistons arranged for movement therein, means for supplying motive fluid to the high pressure motor cylinder, to actuate the piston therein, and means for supplying the exhaust from said high pressure cylinder to actuate the piston in said low pressure motor cylinder in unison with and in the same direction as the first-mentioned pistou.

5. In a pump comprising high and low pressure cylinders and a piston movable in each cylinder, means for supplying lnotive fluid to the high pressure cylinder to actuate the piston therein, and means for supplying the exhaust from said cylinder to the low pressure cylinder to actuate the piston in the latter cylinder in unison with and in the same direction as the first-mentioned piston.

6. In a pump comprising high and. low pressure cylinders and a piston movable in each cylinder, means for supplying motive fluid to the high pressure cylinder alternately below and above the piston therein, and means for supplying motive fluid to the low pressure cylinder alternately below and above its piston, to simultaneously reciprocate said pistons in the same direction.

7. In a pump comprising high and low pressure cylinders and a piston movable-in each cylinder, means for supplying motlve fluid to the high pressure cylinder alternately below and above the piston therein, and means for simultaneously supplying the exhaust from said cylinder to the low pressure cylinder alternately below and above its piston, to reciprocate both pistons in unison and in the. same direction.

8. In a pump comprising motor and compression cylinders, and connected pistons movable therewithin, a valve chestin port communication with the motor cylinders, means for supplying motive fluid to said chest, a controlling valve arranged in said chest, and a reversing mechanism associated with said valve and provided with operating means arranged for actuation by both pistons.

9. ln a pump comprising motor and compression cylinders, and connected pistons movable therewithin, a valve chest in port communication with the motor cylinder, means for supplying motive fluid to said chest, a controlling valve arranged in said chest, and a reversing mechanism associated with said valve and provided with an operating member having its ends projecting into both cylinders for actuation by said pistons.

lO. ln a pump comprising high and low pressure motor and compression cylinders and connected pistons movable therein, a valve chest in port communication with the motor cylinders, means for supplying motive lluid to said chest, a controlling valve arranged in said chest, and a reversing pressure motor and compression cylinders,

and connected pistons movable therein, a valve chest in port communication with the motor cylinders, means for supplying motive fluid to said chest, a controlling'valve arranged in said chest, and a reversing mechanism associated with said valve and provided with an operating rod having its ends projecting into the high pressure cylinders and with a second operating rod having its ends projecting into the low pressure cylinders'.

In testimony whereof l afl-1X my signature m presence of two witnesses.

FRANK TUMA.

Vitnesses R. BOWERS, FRED PISKE.

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